AC3200

Nighthawk AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router

802.11ac Tri-Band Gigabit

More WiFi for More Devices

There's never been WiFi like it. The Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Router with breakthrough Tri-Band WiFi technology was built to connect to each and every device in your home—automatically and simultaneously. Laptops, tablets, phones, TVs, game consoles, music streamers, cameras – if it’s WiFi enabled, it’s X6 accelerated. A powerful combination of features —wireless speed of up to 3.2Gbps, 3 WiFi bands, Smart Connect intelligence, and Dynamic QoS— guarantees every device is assigned the fastest WiFi connection possible and optimized for maximum speed. Using Amazon Alexa™, control your home network with voice commands.

NEW FEATURE: Compatible with Amazon Echo®/Alexa™ – Control your home network using voice commands

Best Tri-Band WiFi

Tri-Band WiFi with Smart Connect changes the game for today’s home WiFi networks. With one 2.4GHz band and two 5GHz WiFi bands to work with, the X6 has the capacity, flexibility, and intelligence to assign each device to the WiFi band where it can connect at its maximum possible speed. The result is that faster devices can connect and perform unhindered by slower or older devices—meaning ALL devices load, stream, and game at their maximum speed.

ReadyShare® USB — Ready to Store and Share

ReadySHARE® USB opens up a powerful set of convenient features like USB storage access and streaming media. With the available USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports on the X6 you can connect the USB storage you already own and enjoy high-speed access via WiFi.

And for your endless entertainment, ReadySHARE® USB lets you play, view, listen to, and share your videos, photos, and music on connected TVs, game consoles, or media players.

Safeguard your Files with No Worry Backups

FREE ReadyShare Vault PC software it there for you to schedule automatic hassle-free backups to safeguard precious photos and files from any PC directly to the connected USB storage. ReadyShare Vault is FREE to download and use with your Nighthawk X6.

Better Router Processors

What could you do with more speed? More power? With a 1GHz dual core processor and three offload processors, the Nighthawk X6 delivers faster WiFi speed, faster wired speed, faster USB access speed, and faster WAN-to-LAN speeds meaning faster overall network speeds than ever before. So go ahead and put this network to the test in your home.

Speed

Get more WiFi for more devices with the fastest combined WiFi speed currently available. Enjoy a blazing-fast, lag-free WiFi experience - up to 3.2Gbps.

Sharing

Sharing across your network is fun and easy. Anything from accessing stored photos and music to sharing a USB printer and keep everything safe by using the included FREE ReadySHARE Vault software for backing up Windows-based PCs.

DLNA®—Find and play your media on DLNA TVs, game consoles and media players

ReadySHARE Vault—Free software for automatic PC backup to a USB hard drive connected to the router

iTunes® compatible—Play your USB-stored music using AirPlay or Apple Remote™

Ease of Use

Start enjoying your new X6 WiFi router faster than ever. NETGEAR makes sure installation and management is simple and easy, so you can connect quickly and stay that way.

Easy install—Easy setup for iPad®, tablets, smartphones and computers

NETGEAR genie® App—Personal dashboard to monitor, control and repair your home network. Now includes remote access to manage your network away from home

Push ‘N’ Connect—Easy push button WiFi connections (WPS)

WiFi and power on/off—Convenient power savings

LED on/off—Easily turn router LED lights on or off

Security

Maintain high security across your network to help ensure your privacy & family is safe while online. Whether it’s preventing phishing or just limiting access for kids & guests, NETGEAR has you covered.

VPN support—Secure access to your home network when away from home

Parental controls—Web filtering for all your connected devices

Guest network access—Separate and secure access for guests

Secure WiFi connections—High level wireless security with WPA/WPA2

Open source support—Download open source firmware from www.myopenrouter.com

NETGEAR Warranty

24/7 basic technical support provided for 90 days from purchase date, when purchased from a NETGEAR authorized reseller

Is your game fast enough to keep up?

No more excuses. You need the best when you’re taking on the online gaming world. The Nighthawk X6, with Tri-Band WiFi is the gamers choice for best in class WiFi with the latest AC3200 speed and performance. Powerful dual core 1GHz processor and three offload processors provide total WiFi speeds up to 3.2Gbps. Nighthawk’s Tri-Band WiFi ends game-lag delivers the intensity of immersive, uninterrupted, online gaming while Dynamic QoS prioritizes Internet traffic by application & device.

Go ahead, let everybody stream.

Nighthawk X6 multiplies the entertainment factor for everyone in your home. Seamless, simultaneous HD streaming to multiple devices is now a reality thanks to powerful Tri-Band WiFi and features like Smart Connect and Beamforming+—it’s the end of buffering, jittery video, and lag as you know it. Dynamic QoS prioritizes your WiFi bandwidth by application, such as Netflix as well as by device for smoother streaming. A built-in DLNA-ready server and iTunes server add to your media enjoyment, allowing you to play and share your videos and music quickly and easily.

The more, the merrier.

Nighthawk X6's Tri-Band WiFi provides more WiFi for more devices while Dynamic QoS bandwidth prioritization optimizes your Internet speed for gaming and streaming. That means more range and reliabile connection for all your mobile devices. Nighthawk X6 automatically assigns every device to the fastest WiFi band available and offers key features to dramatically boost mobile connectivity and performance. High-powered amplifiers and 6 high-performance retractable antennas help extend WiFi coverage throughout large homes and even backyards, while Beamforming+ focuses WiFi signals for stronger more reliable connections.

Network Control … At Your Fingertips

With the new look-and-feel and ease-of-use of NETGEAR genie, managing your router is fun. NETGEAR genie now supports a single sign-on (SSO) feature that allows you to use one set of login credentials for all of your NETGEAR accounts. Easily monitor, connect, and control your home network from a tablet or smartphone. With NETGEAR genie you can share and stream music or videos, diagnose and repair network issues, set up parental controls and more. Download NETGEAR genie based on your device.

NETGEAR genie with remote access

When you enable the remote access feature, you can access your network through NETGEAR genie even when away from home. With genie remote features, all you need is your tablet or smartphone to diagnose and repair network issues, provide guest access, look at the network map, and even reboot your router.

Tweak Town “Best Features Award”: “NETGEAR’s Nighthawk is a great solution for users with many devices, each using different wireless technologies. This router gives you the best of all worlds in one package, without sacrificing performance.”

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Legit Reviews “Editors’ Choice Award”: “The NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 R8000 Tri-Band router really does set a new standard in high-performing wireless routers not only giving you an extra radio to play with, but an upgraded firmware that does load balancing to keep your devices running at peak speeds. If you can afford the price tag, this is the router to buy.”

NETGEAR R8000 Nighthawk X6 AC 3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router Review

The PC Enthusiast's "Editor's Choice Award": “Performance wise, the Netgear Nighthawk X6 left me amazed … what really impressed me is how it was able to handle multiple connections at the same time without any hiccups. It was able to manage and stream media smoothly, and I also noticed that it was able to balance the traffic within the network.”